Editing Transport in Nepal (section)

==Road==
{{main|List of roads in Nepal}}
The '''Statistics of National Highway SNH-2020/21''' and '''Provincial Transport Master Plan (PTMP) guidelines''' clears that the authority of the '''National Highway of Nepal''' resides with the central government and that the other roads has been handed over to provincial governments and local governments.<ref name="pmpt">{{cite web |url=https://doli.gov.np/doligov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE-PTMP-Guidelines.pdf |title=Provincial Transport Guidelines |date= Jun 2023 |website= |publisher=MoPID (Nepal)|access-date=8 Jul 2024|trans-title = |language = }}</ref><ref name="snh">{{cite web |url=https://dor.gov.np/home/publication/statistics-of-national-highway-snh |title=Statistics of National Highway [SNH 2020-21] |date= |website= |publisher=Department of Roads, Nepal |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Administration of roads in Nepal 
|-
! # !! Government !! Administrative body !! Coordination with !! Type
|-
| 1 || Federal government || [[Department of Roads (Nepal)|Department of Roads]] (under [[Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal)|MoPIT]]) || || [[National Highway System (Nepal)|National Highway]]
|-
|2 || Provincial government ||TID or IDD or IDO (under MoPID) || [[Department of Local Infrastructure|DoLI]] || [[Provincial highways in Nepal|Provincial Highway]] 
|-
|3||Local government|| Municipal government ||[[Department of Local Infrastructure|DoLI]] || Urban/rural road
|}

Road transport is the country's primary transportation mode. The Economic Survey 2022-23 released by the [[Ministry of Finance (Nepal)]], shows that the country had a total road network of national road length of 34,100&nbsp;km; that only included roads constructed and maintained by the Department of Roads (DoR). This only included the [[National Highway System (Nepal)|national highway system]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mof.gov.np/uploads/document/file/1710323031_Economic%20Survey%20Engslish%202022-23%20Eng%20Final%20for%20WEB.pdf|title = Economy Survey 2022-23|date = 13 March 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Road System Classification<ref name="pmpt"/><ref name="snh"/>
!Type
!Description
!Average<br>speed limit
|-
! scope = "row" | NH
| National Highways are the major highways connecting Eastern Nepal with Western Nepal, and Southern Nepal with Northern. They are designated by the letters 'NH' followed by a two-digit number.
| 80 kmph
|-
! scope = "row" | PH
| Provincial Highways are the highways under provincial governments that run inside the respective provinces. They are designated by the letters 'PH' followed by two letters to designate the Province and then a three-digit number.
| 60 kmph
|-
! scope = "row" | U/R
| Urban/Rural roads are roads that reside within the municipality or rural municipality intended to serve within a specific metro, sub-metro, municipality or rural-municipality.
| 40 kmph
|}

===National Highways===
{{Further|National Highway System (Nepal)}}
*Total:  11,178.92&nbsp;km
*Paved:   6,836.45&nbsp;km
*Gravel: 1,116.36&nbsp;km
*Unpaved: 3,226.12&nbsp;km (2021 est.)